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Posted 2003-05-28

Apple Expo Paris Mac accessories

Attendees queue up before the Apple Paris Expo opens.

Apple Expo Paris Mac accessories

FastMac shows off its battery upgrade for the iPod. The gold adds style to the package and provides improved electrical contacts, the company says.

Apple Expo Paris Mac accessories

A close-up of the FastMac battery upgrade.

Apple Expo Paris Mac accessories

FastMacs traditional business is boosting G3s, G4s and other Mac hardware with the processor and memory upgrades.

Apple Expo Paris Mac accessories

The obligatory iPod Nano cover shot. Compliments of TuneWear, these and other Nano covers, some in leather, were on display at the show. Pricing was not announced.

Apple Expo Paris Mac accessories

Belkins USB and Firewire hubs for the Mac mini.

Apple Expo Paris Mac accessories

Belkin also displayed a complementary DVI-enabled KVM switch for the Mac mini. The thinking, according to Robin Marjason, Belkins pan-European OEM channel manager, was that households switching between a PC to a Mac may have one or more devices close at

Apple Expo Paris Mac accessories

Apple Expo Paris Mac accessories

AssistiveWares Proloquo in action. Unfortunately for the photo medium, the softwares chief attribute is its ability to turn text into speech, translate on the fly, and orally communicate the contents of menus, directories, highlighted text, and more. Sc

Apple Expo Paris Mac accessories

The AssistiveWare software hooked up to a Braille keyboard. Unfortunately, OS X does not currently contain the proper software driver.

Apple Expo Paris Mac accessories

While robotics might not be the first thing that you think of at an Apple show, a representative from Osaka, Japan, was on hand to tout the regions electromechanical expertise. In the last years of the millennium, Osakas auto industry suffered, accordin